What Sony footage convinced you?

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andrew00

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I'll be honest, I'm generally not impressed by most footage I've seen from DSLR/Mirrorless cameras. I don't like the colour, essentially, it never looks natural to me.

Recently though, I was really impressed by this video from Tom Welsh.

Alt Vimeo link - https://vimeo.com/199152988


I'd say that it was one of the few videos that I've seen that actually demonstrated to me that the Sony's can achieve the sort of natural, cinematic look - in colour and 'feel' - that I generally thought was reserved for Blackmagic's (in this price range.

So my question is - what footage 'convinced' you? What footage when you saw it said yes, this can do what I want it to do. And what was it that you wanted it to do? I.E. were you looking at something to shoot a film or shoot a wedding? I ask for that qualifier because each of our goals will be different.
 
andrew00 said:
it was one of the few videos that I've seen that actually demonstrated to me that the Sony's can achieve the sort of natural, cinematic look - in colour and 'feel' - that I generally thought was reserved for Blackmagic's
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...I think the color grade has a LOT to do with this look. It does have that Blackmagic "filmic" look that I like in small doses. ( I get sick when seeing this desaturated film-like look over and over again from Blackmagic shooters )
 
NorBro did a video (with live actors, no less) with his A6300 and I thought it looked great (a few crushed blacks aside*). It took people a while to get FS-7 skin tones to look more natural but A6300/6500 and A7SII were well received from the start.**

*Come on, Norbert, you know I am right.

**Yes, FS-7 has a different workflow and so on.
 

Casey Wilson's A7S Natural Light video. Absolutely beautiful and definitely convinced me that the camera was more than capable enough for handling low budget work. Still one of the best demonstrations of the A7S's video quality I have ever seen.
 
DLD said:
NorBro did a video (with live actors, no less) with his A6300 and I thought it looked great (a few crushed blacks aside*). It took people a while to get FS-7 skin tones to look more natural but A6300/6500 and A7SII were well received from the start.**

*Come on, Norbert, you know I am right.

**Yes, FS-7 has a different workflow and so on.
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Haha, thank you. It definitely had crushed blacks. Looking back now I would have graded it differently, but I was using so many different cameras every week that my brain was very confused, ha.
 
TheDingo said:
...I think the color grade has a LOT to do with this look. It does have that Blackmagic "filmic" look that I like in small doses. ( I get sick when seeing this desaturated film-like look over and over again from Blackmagic shooters )
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I think the Sonys and Canons have a much more de-saturated look. Blackmagic FILM isn't that flat...not as much as C-LOG2/3 and S-LOG2/3.
 
I'm in the process just now to jump Canon and go all Sony because it just makes a lot of sense. I have been very happy with what my FS7 has delivered and I've started to use my A7S II for clients as well which has left my Canon 5D mkIII collecting dust. I'm still shooting with a C100 often but each time I come back to the FS7 I feel at home in both shooting and with the final footage.

Looking back at stills I've taken these last years with a bunch of different cameras and there's not much difference between them. All looks nice so why keep using Canon?

But I do like my Canon lenses and probably will keep some of them for use on my FS7 and hopefully, over time, use more E-mount lenses. I'm also having high hopes for the mkIII models of the A7 series and probably get two when they get released.
 
This one helped me get the a6300 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ronQNSjKcE

I agree, the next series of Sony mirrorless have the potential to be fantastic. My Canons are paid for many times over, so I will probably keep them for still only work but would not mind a FF go to video camera. 5D RAW is sweet but the post workflow is not my favorite. The 24MP sensor size of the new a9 seems like winner if they can squeeze the DR up and cure the rolling shutter.
 
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